Canada's premiers wrapped up three days of talks in Charlottetown in July. They agreed to set up a national health council, but they qualified that support by calling for more study to make sure the new body isn't too expansive or overly bureaucratic. The concept was proposed by Roy Romanow in his sweeping report on the health system. Alberta's Ralph Klein said he signed -- but with reservations.

Date: 2003-07-11
Placeline: CHARLOTTETOWN, Prince Edward Island.
Source: The Canadian Press
Length: 26 seconds

Transcript Prediction: << I attempted to get an asterisk but in order not to clutter up the app paper I agreed not to have an asterisk and the asterisk that would have said that Alberta will not sign on until we have had an opportunity to discuss certain aspects of the accounts with the next prime minister >>

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